Nancy Jo Sales on Her Career with Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar and More, Plus Her Three Books "The Bling Ring," "American Girls," and "Nothing Personal"

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Today on the show we have a career retrospective episode with journalist Nancy Jo Sales, who walks us through her career writing for the likes of Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, and more. Nancy Jo is a New York Times bestselling author, and we also discuss her three books: The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World (which was made into a movie directed by Sofia Coppola), American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers, and Nothing Personal: My Secret Life in the Dating App Inferno; she is also behind a documentary film called Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age, which aired on HBO. I know you’ll find Nancy Jo real and raw and transparent, and her career as a journalist has long inspired my own.

Books by Nancy Jo Sales:

The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World

American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers

Nothing Personal: My Secret Life in the Dating App Inferno

Her HBO Documentary:

Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age

Other Works Mentioned:

“The Suspects Wore Louboutins” by Nancy Jo Sales for Vanity Fair

Picture by Lillian Ross

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